These 15 Everyday Items Are Just Not Worth Buying Anymore

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Single-use plastic water bottles

Over the years, attention has been drawn to the excessive use of plastic bottles and their significant impact on the environment. They are among the most dangerous items in terms of ocean and land pollution, releasing dangerous chemicals into the water and soil. “The brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease are riddled with plastic deposits. Anyone with brain fog or impaired thinking should take note,” explains The Healthy.

Apart from the health and environmental impact, it’s also not financially wise to buy single-use bottles all the time. Reusable ones are much more practical and economical.

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10 Responses

  1. There’s only one snag to recycling. By the time you’ve sorted everything and taken it to the appropriate disposal points (assuming there are any), there’s no time left to do anything else.

  2. There are only a couple items that I still buy – like paper towels.
    Some alternatives I did not know about – like bamboo products. I do have a bamboo filled pillow.

  3. This has been very helpful. While I’m well-aware of so
    Many
    Of these no-no’s, I was spirited by some products I had no
    clue of. Please keep us updated and info as to alternatives.
    We need to save our planet!

  4. I buy all of these things except the diapers. I refuse to be inconvenience just to save some trees or some such.

  5. I stopped buying laundry detergent and shampoo over3 years ago. I buy baking soda in bulk. So I’m Clean, shiny and ‘Poo less’

  6. I am 73 and must wear like an adult diaper because my bladder leaks. Is there another way I can exist without using them? Please suggest something.

  7. I can see the validity in several of these; coffee cups, and polystyrene are definitely on the list of NO.
    However, diapers; cloth diapers are horrible when you have to be out in the public and need to change your baby. If there’s no place to dump the contents they stink. And the bleach isn’t great either. Everyone seems to be making stuff from bamboo; has anyone thrown of a disposable diaper from bamboo?
    And I will keep my electric toothbrush. Make an ecological one but I’m not getting rid of it.

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